1928
Lawson Van Riper, captain of the Big Green baseball team and a pitcher of note, was appointed vice president of the American Brass Co., a subsidiary of the Anaconda Co., on December 15. Van is in charge of the Ansonia division, where he was formerly works manager.
A native of Ansonia, Van joined the American Brass Co. in July 1928. After a period of training he spent four years in Philadelphia as a salesman and six in New York. In 1940 he was named assistant manager of the Ansonia division and in April 1954 was appointed manager. Van is past president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Connecticut, serves on the Housatonic Council, Boy Scouts of America, and is a trustee of Griffin Hospital, Derby, Conn. His son Dick is a junior at Dartmouth.
Speaking of former athletic greats, our stellar left tackle, Johnny Phillips, was named to the Montclair Board of Education on January 28 for a five-year term. John is president of the Montclair High School Parent-Teacher Association and vice president of the Council of Social Agencies. He is secretary and a director of the Vail-Ballou Press in New York, and also a vice-president of the Book Manufacturers Institute. And of course he is also our hard-working class president. One son John is a sophomore at Dartmouth, and the other, Bob, is a senior at Montclair high school.
Bunny Sanborn died of a coronary thrombosis January 26 at his home in Wollaston, Mass. He had been with the accounting firm of Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery since 1929 and was made a partner in 1953.
Bunny had a heart attack in 1949 but seemed to have it under control. His doctor had permitted him to take up golf again (a game which he loved) three or four years ago. That attack had been angina and Bunny said that he would have plenty of warning of another attack. However, he was stricken suddenly at home after a normal day at the office and pleasant evening at home with his family.
Don Norris went to the funeral home, and Craig Haines and Mort Jennings represented the Class at the funeral. We shall miss a loyal and greatly respected classmate. Further information will be found in the In Memoriam section.
Bill Rohlffs answered our plea for news by writing that he had accepted a position with the Standard Insurance Co., Portland, Ore., as an underwriter. This is the sort of work he did for seventeen years for the New York Life Insurance Co. in New York City. Bill says:
"We moved to Portland in September, and are very happy here. I like the new job and have been made head of their new business operations, so it looks good for the future. Incidentally, the company is now celebrating its 50th anniversary, being the oldest mutual life insurance company in the West. I'm still trying to sell my house in Eugene, Oregon ... know anybody who wants a wooded hillside with a nice view?"
Bill and Emelyn's oldest daughter is married, lives in Seattle, and has two boys. Their second daughter, Lyn, left Oregon State at the end of her junior year to become a stewardess for Pan American. She takes a Buenos Aires flight twice a month with shorter jaunts to Caracas, Panama, Puerto Rico and way stations to fill in the time. She has been with the company a year and a half, and so currently is enjoying a month's vacation in Europe. She is based in New York and lives with Bill's parents.
Bud Osborn was elected president of the Association of American Soap and Glycerine Producers, Inc., at its thirteenth annual meeting in New York on January 27. The New YorkTimes used a picture taken twenty years ago; either that or else Bud is the youngest looking man of 49 we've ever seen. Bud is president of Economics Laboratory, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., but makes his office in New York.
Woody Houghton, who started working for the Provident Institution for Savings right after graduation, has just been elected manager of a new branch to be opened by that bank at 80 Federal St., Boston, in April. He has been assistant comptroller since 1950. Woody graduated from Suffolk Law School in 1932 and is a member of the Massachusetts bar.
A WAH HOO WAH for the '28 delegation at the Philadelphia Alumni Association's annual dinner at the Merion Cricket Club on January 26. The lads did themselves proud by winning the attendance cup, awarded this year for the first time, and two bottles of champagne. In addition, our classmates provided the orchestra, so that the dinner could be followed by a dance. The Class of 1928 was very much in evidence, with eighteen out of a total attendance of 158.
Present were John and Vera Flanagan, Don and Helen Dodd, Dick and Peg Frame, Jack and Nancy Heston, Al Fusonie, Al and Ann Kitts, Jack and Dee McAvoy, Herm and Marguerite Schnepel of East Orange, who were visiting the Flanagans, George Pasfield, and Bill and Cyrene Williams.
Craw and Effie Pollock were scheduled to come but could not due to illness in the family. ... Jack and Lucena McLaughlin had a house guest... incidentally they're busily engaged putting the finishing touches on their new house.... Wes Patience, a regular attendant, called that he could not cope with a two-hour drive on icy roads...Dan Hatch was out of town on business .. . Jack Zanger was attending a Mother Bell meeting in Trenton ... Ernie and Jean Wright were taking off early the next morning for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for a two-week stay ... Bill and Cyrene Williams moved into a new house in Fort Washington a week before the dinner.
The big news gathered by our reporters was that Al Fusonie had been married two weeks earlier in Boston to a widow whose name our reporters failed to get. She has a 12-year-old son, so Al's family now includes three boys. From all reports, Doug Fusonie '58 will be the number one quarterback at Dartmouth next fall.
Ed Lyman has been appointed chairman for Springfield, Mass., in the American Bar Association's nationwide campaign for 50,000 new members.... Since Frank Tindle sold his New York Stock Exchange "seat," the only '28 member is Al Salinger.... Bill Harris sailed from New York January 7 on the Kungsholm on a round-the-world cruise, lecturing for the American Express Co. and taking movies in Egypt and India.
Class Agent Herm Schnepel has been devoting days and days of his time to his job as Class Agent. This year and next Bill Morton is heading the whole Alumni Fund drive for the Alumni Council. Bill, Herm and all his Assistant Class Agents will be giving not only their dollars but also their time to the Class and the College. Surely you can show your appreciation by sending your Alumni Fund gift at the first call and by increasing it this year if possible.
Ever mindful of our efforts to keep you in- formed, President John Phillips called to give us the news about the annual dinner of the Boston Alumni Association on January 8, which John attended. Mort Jennings was elected vice president; Jack Kenerson was elected the representative from the Charles River alumni group; and Red Edgar was reelected to the Alumni Council.
Twenty-Eight just missed out on the attendance prize, with eighteen present from four states: Howie Bush, Park Chick, Red Edgar, Ed Flanders of Manchester, N.H., Craig Haines, Mort Jennings, Jack Kenerson, Wes McSorley, Gene Magenis, Maury Makepeace, John "The-Campaigner-Is-Coming-Soon" Neary, Don Norris, Doug Pease, Jack Phelan, Ed Sawyer, Rupe Thompson of Providence, R.I., Fran Young, and John Phillips of Montclair, N.J.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co, Troy, Pa.
Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
